Combined button and license paper holder



Dec. 4, 1928. 1,694,310

' H. E. BUTLER COMBINED BUTTON AND LICENSE PAPER HOLDER Filed June 50, 1927 W lfim fl 5117 11521.

Patented Dec. 4, 1928.

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certain instances licenses niches are required by hunters and iishernien, for example, comprise a button whichis to be attached to the coat or other garmentand a license paper which is filled out with certain identification data. The hunter or fisherman is required always to. wear the button and to carry the license paper whenever hunting or fishing, and if either is lost, a new license button and license paper must be obtained. Often the license paper is lost or the person to whom it is issued fails to have it along with him when hunting or fishing. And in any event, it means two things to carry and to look after whenever going fishing or hunting so as to make sure they are being taken along.

In my Patent No. 1,620,798, patented March 15, 1927, I have disclosed a combined license button and license paper holder by the use of which a license button and license paper may be carried together and this holder has been found in actual use to have great practical utility.

The object of my present invention is to provide another construction for accomplishing the results obtained by the device disclosed in my aforesaid patent which con- 7 struction possesses certain advantages over that of the patent, and for a consideration of what I believe to be novel and my invention, attention is directed to the accompanying description and the claim appended thereto.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a face view of a construction embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view looking toward the back of the construction.

According to my invention, I provide a structure comprising a combined license but-.

ton and receptacle or pocket for holding a license paper, the structure being formed preferably from a single piece of material and embodying a means whereby it may be attached to a coat or other garment.

Referring to the drawing, 4: indicates the front wall of the structure and 5 indicates the back wall, said walls being formed integral with each other, and being united by an end wall 6 which forms a hinge between the two walls. Front wall 4 is provided also with an end wall 7 and side walls 8 which with end wall 6 define a shallow pocket for which back wall 5 forms a cover. End wall 7 is provided also with spring ears 9 adapted to engage the free end of back wall 5 to hold it in position,

suchxend being provided with a curve-rout portion 10 for engagement with the thumb wheii'it is desired to release back wall 5 front ears 9.

Front wall eis provided withan outwardly pro3'ecti'ng, raised or vcn'ibossed portion '11- which formsin appearance a button and" spaced prongs 12 which are cut from the inaterial of rear wall 5 and are adapted to be forced through the material to which the structure is to be attached and then bent over. This forms a simple holding means, one which is firm, and one which may be provided at low cost.

The pocket formed at the rear of the button 11 is adapted to hold the license paper which paper may be placed in a waterproof envelope. The license paper in an envelope is indicated in dotted lines at 13 in Fig. 2.

In the use of the invention, when the individual purchases his license he obtains the combined button and pocket structure, the license paper, and preferably a suitable waterproof'envelope. He then places his license paper in the envelope, then opens cover 5 by separating it from ears 9, inserts the envelope in the pocket and then snaps cover 5 closed. The structure may be then attached to the coat or other garment by means of prongs 12 With this arrangement, the hunter, fisherman or the like is assured always of having both his license button and license paper together and along with him.- And if he transfers the button from one garment to another, the license paper is sure to go along with the button. This is a thing of great assistance to the user.

The walls form a closed pocket for the license paper so that it is well protected and not likely to be lost out of the pocket.

Referring now to the construction of the device, it will be seen that it is simple in structure so that it is capable of being manufactured at low cost. It lends itself to being manufactured from a single piece of material since the front wall, the back wall, the edge Y Walls and the prongs may be and preferably are formed integral with each other. It may be made readily from sheet material of suitablethickness by a stamping operation. The total cost of the combined button and pocketmay be little if any more thanth'at of a button alone with a pin attached to it.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means such as come within the scope of the appended claim.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot the United States, is

A combined license button and license pa per holder comprising a front wall which embodies as a part of its structure alicense button, walls including a rear wall formed integral with said front wall and providing therewith a pocket adapted to receive a license paper, saidrear wall forming a cover for the pocket and the integral connection between the front and rear walls forming a hinge for.

the cover, catch means for releasably fastening the cover in closed position, and means carriedby the rear wall for attaching the structure to a garment.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of June, 1927. p

HENRY BUTLER 

